All Sustainability and environment articles – Page 277
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Comment & OpinionThe UK needs more plants and fewer animals
The IPCC climate change report last week said agricultural productivity was likely to reverse…
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Analysis & FeaturesIs House of Lords wasting its energy in berating bogofs?
The inquiry led to fresh vilification of supermarkets. Unfair, given the scale of efforts to cut waste…
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NewsAsda aims to slash emissions with greener trucks
Asda has claimed it is on target to reduce emissions from transport operations by 60% over the next 12 months after upgrading its fleet with new eco-friendly refrigeration units.
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NewsSupermarkets should ditch bogofs in war on food waste, Lords say
Supermarkets must take far greater responsibility for the battle against food waste and move away from wasteful bogof offers, a House of Lords committee has urged.
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NewsBadger cull rollout paused as Defra launches bovine TB strategy
The government will not roll out badger culling across the country until changes have been made in the existing cull areas of Gloucestershire and Somerset, Owen Paterson has said.
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Comment & OpinionClimate change report seeks silver lining
Yesterday’s report from the IPCC searched for some silver linings - but it still makes for sobering reading.
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NewsDHL to cut road miles with Lidl delivery contract extension
DHL has won a contract extension to deliver to Lidl stores until 2017…
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Comment & OpinionHugh's Fish Fight is a well-intentioned distraction
Hugh’s Fish Fight has generated a lot of public interest in tuna sustainability…
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Comment & OpinionOnline pound shops will have to piggyback
The domain name that I own, poundshop.co.uk, was the first-ever transactional online pound shop…
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NewsFareShare hails 30% jump in surplus food donations
FareShare, which redistributes surplus food to charities in the UK, says it has seen a 30% increase in donations over the past 12 months but is calling on industry to do more.
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NewsFirst Milk boosts production of high-value whey concentrate
First Milk has installed whey processing equipment at its Campbeltown cheese factory…
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NewsWaitrose gets six new eco-friendly lorries on the road
Six eco-friendly Waitrose lorries designed with the help of Cambridge University professors have hit the roads…
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NewsCo-op stripped of chicken welfare award
The Co-operative Food’s ethical credentials have been dealt a blow after the retailer was stripped of a major chicken welfare award.
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Comment & OpinionHugh's Fish Fight: Fearnley-Whittingstall fails to impress
I can’t decide if it’s his patronising upper middle class tone or the fact he reminds me of Piggy from Lord of the Flies…
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NewsTesco defends position in Greenpeace tuna league
Tecso has defended criticism from Greenpeace of its tuna sourcing record.
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NewsBadger cull was 'ineffective', leaked report finds
An independent expert panel has concluded the pilot badger cull was ineffective, according to the BBC…
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NewsMeurig Raymond is new NFU president
Meurig Raymond is the new president of the National Farmers Union, taking over from Peter Kendall.
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NewsJustin King on Red Tractor: ‘It doesn’t add value for our customers’
Justin King has made a withering attack on the Red Tractor scheme, claiming its logo does not add value to shoppers and the underlying standards are not high enough.
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NewsUK food security needs long-term strategy, says NFU’s Kendall
The UK urgently needs a long-term food strategy to ensure its food security and boost the global competitiveness of UK food and farming.
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NewsUK to lead food fraud fight with €12m EU project
A major new pan-European project to tackle food fraud is launching this week under the leadership of the UK’s Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera).